Where the anime ends, and where the books carry onAnime, manga, light novels and web novels, lined up by story arc

Arc Almanac

21 Oct 2026Release facts checked

Pick up the story where the anime stopped

Each series is lined up by story arc across its anime, manga, light novels and web novel, with what is out in English and what is still only in the original language.

Series

59 series mapped so far.

  • 86―エイティシックス―

    86—EIGHTY-SIX

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Cour 2, Oct 2021
    Arcs
    14
  • とある魔術の禁書目録

    A Certain Magical Index

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Item (episodes 1–2; airing), Oct 2026
    Arcs
    66
  • 時々ボソッとロシア語でデレる隣のアーリャさん

    Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian

    Formats
    Light novel, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 1, Jul 2024
    Arcs
    12
  • ありふれた職業で世界最強

    Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 3, Oct 2024
    Arcs
    9
  • 本好きの下剋上 ~司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません~

    Ascendance of a Bookworm

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 4: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke, Apr 2026
    Arcs
    5
  • 出会って5秒でバトル

    Battle in 5 Seconds

    Formats
    Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Jul 2021
    Arcs
    5
  • ぼっち・ざ・ろっく!

    BOCCHI THE ROCK!

    Formats
    Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Re:Re: (compilation), Aug 2024
    Arcs
    9
  • 痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います。

    BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2, Jan 2023
    Arcs
    19
  • よふかしのうた

    Call of the Night

    Formats
    Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2, Jul 2025
    Arcs
    4
  • 千歳くんはラムネ瓶のなか

    Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Cour 2 (through episode 15), Oct 2026
    Arcs
    7
  • 落第騎士の英雄譚〈キャバルリィ〉

    Chivalry of a Failed Knight

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Oct 2015
    Arcs
    19
  • ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ

    Classroom of the Elite

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 4: Year 2, First Semester, Apr 2026
    Arcs
    33
  • デート・ア・ライブ

    Date A Live

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 5, Apr 2024
    Arcs
    22
  • 帝乃三姉妹は案外、チョロい。

    Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze

    Formats
    Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Jul 2025
    Arcs
    20
  • デスマーチからはじまる異世界狂想曲

    Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Jan 2018
    Arcs
    36
  • ゴブリンスレイヤー

    Goblin Slayer

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2, Oct 2023
    Arcs
    17
  • 灰と幻想のグリムガル

    Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Jan 2016
    Arcs
    23
  • 涼宮ハルヒ

    Haruhi Suzumiya

    Formats
    Light novel, Anime
    Latest
    The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Feb 2010
    Arcs
    16
  • ハイスクールD×D

    High School DxD

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 4: Hero (episodes 0–12), Apr 2018
    Arcs
    27
  • ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか

    Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?

    Formats
    Light novel, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 5, Oct 2024
    Arcs
    21
  • この素晴らしい世界に祝福を!

    KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 3, Apr 2024
    Arcs
    18
  • ログ・ホライズン

    Log Horizon

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Destruction of the Round Table, Jan 2021
    Arcs
    14
  • 诡秘之主

    Lord of Mysteries

    Formats
    Web novel, Novel, Donghua
    Latest
    Season 1 — The Clown, Jun 2025
    Arcs
    8
  • 無職転生 ~異世界行ったら本気だす~

    Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 3, Jul 2026
    Arcs
    25
  • その着せ替え人形は恋をする

    My Dress-Up Darling

    Formats
    Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2, Jul 2025
    Arcs
    12
  • わたしの幸せな結婚

    My Happy Marriage

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 2, Jan 2025
    Arcs
    9
  • やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。

    My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 3, Jul 2020
    Arcs
    18
  • ノーゲーム・ノーライフ

    No Game No Life

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    No Game No Life: Zero, Jul 2017
    Arcs
    13
  • 【推しの子】

    Oshi no Ko

    Formats
    Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 3, Jan 2026
    Arcs
    11
  • オーバーロード

    Overlord

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    The Sacred Kingdom, Sep 2024
    Arcs
    13
  • 青春ブタ野郎

    Rascal Does Not Dream

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Dear Friend (movie), Oct 2026
    Arcs
    15
  • Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活

    Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 4 Recapture Arc, Aug 2026
    Arcs
    10
  • 七つの魔剣が支配する

    Reign of the Seven Spellblades

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 1, Jul 2023
    Arcs
    15
  • サイレント・ウィッチ 沈黙の魔女の隠しごと

    Secrets of the Silent Witch

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 1, Jul 2025
    Arcs
    21
  • シャングリラ・フロンティア~クソゲーハンター、神ゲーに挑まんとす~

    Shangri-La Frontier

    Formats
    Web novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2, Oct 2024
    Arcs
    11
  • 蜘蛛ですが、なにか?

    So I'm a Spider, So What?

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Part 2, Apr 2021
    Arcs
    16
  • 나 혼자만 레벨업

    Solo Leveling

    Formats
    Web novel, Novel, Manhwa, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2 — Arise from the Shadow, Jan 2025
    Arcs
    4
  • 狼と香辛料

    Spice and Wolf

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 1 (2024 remake), Apr 2024
    Arcs
    17
  • SPY×FAMILY

    Spy x Family

    Formats
    Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 3, Oct 2025
    Arcs
    15
  • サマータイムレンダ

    Summer Time Rendering

    Formats
    Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Apr 2022
    Arcs
    7
  • ソードアート・オンライン

    Sword Art Online

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    War of Underworld, Oct 2019
    Arcs
    7
  • 転生したらスライムだった件

    That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 4 — Cour 2, Jul 2026
    Arcs
    22
  • お隣の天使様にいつの間にか駄目人間にされていた件

    The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2, Apr 2026
    Arcs
    13
  • 薬屋のひとりごと

    The Apothecary Diaries

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 2 Part 2, Apr 2025
    Arcs
    15
  • はたらく魔王さま!

    The Devil Is a Part-Timer!

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2, part 2, Jul 2023
    Arcs
    22
  • 陰の実力者になりたくて!

    The Eminence in Shadow

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    Season 2, Oct 2023
    Arcs
    7
  • 天才王子の赤字国家再生術〜そうだ、売国しよう〜

    The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Hey, How About Treason?)

    Formats
    Light novel, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Jan 2022
    Arcs
    12
  • 魔法科高校の劣等生

    The Irregular at Magic High School

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Yotsuba Succession Arc, May 2026
    Arcs
    21
  • 魔王学院の不適合者 ~史上最強の魔王の始祖、転生して子孫たちの学校へ通う~

    The Misfit of Demon King Academy

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2, cour 2, Apr 2024
    Arcs
    17
  • 盾の勇者の成り上がり

    The Rising of the Shield Hero

    Formats
    Web novel, Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 4, Jul 2025
    Arcs
    22
  • 幼女戦記

    The Saga of Tanya the Evil

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2, Jul 2026
    Arcs
    14
  • 凸变英雄X

    To Be Hero X

    Formats
    Donghua
    Latest
    Season 1 (Japanese/international broadcast), Apr 2025
    Arcs
    7
  • 도굴왕

    Tomb Raider King

    Formats
    Web novel, Manhwa, Aeni
    Latest
    Season 1, Jul 2026
    Arcs
    16
  • 負けヒロインが多すぎる!

    Too Many Losing Heroines!

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Jul 2024
    Arcs
    9
  • とらドラ!

    Toradora!

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime, Audiobook
    Latest
    TV series, Oct 2008
    Arcs
    11
  • 신의 탑

    Tower of God

    Formats
    Webtoon, Manhwa, Anime
    Latest
    Season 2 — Workshop Battle, Oct 2024
    Arcs
    3
  • 魔女の旅々

    Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina

    Formats
    Light novel, Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Oct 2020
    Next
    Announced film, date not announced
    Arcs
    25
  • とんがり帽子のアトリエ

    Witch Hat Atelier

    Formats
    Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 1, Apr 2026
    Arcs
    16
  • ワールドトリガー

    World Trigger

    Formats
    Manga, Anime
    Latest
    Season 3, Oct 2021
    Arcs
    8